"UMass men's basketball coach Matt McCall is determined to make the Minutemen winners again. He's on the recruiting trail and you can find out how he did by asking him about it at this year's Coaches Vs. Cancer Tip-Off Madness Sept 17. Ticket information at https://www.tipoffmadnessma.org/"

About Tip-Off Madness:

The American Cancer Society’s 6th Annual Coaches vs Cancer event will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Boston College Club. Festivities will begin at 6:00 p.m. with reception that includes a silent auction, incredible food, and one on one conversations with the coaches. More than 150 guest are expected to attend including Division I coaches, corporate sponsors, business and philanthropic leaders. Coaches panel to include head coaches from- Boston College, Boston University, College of Holy Cross, Northeastern University, UMASS Lowell, UMASS Amherst and Harvard.

Guys - I wasn't suggesting that the ticket price is cheap. This appears to be a corporate event for many with employers buying the tickets. I just thought that folks here would like to know that Matt is involved.

As for what an individual could write off, it is a reception, not a dinner, so if I attended, I would subtract the price of a drink and a couple of shrimp, and deduct the rest.

"Jack didn’t have any envy in him," Calipari said. "He was the greatest coach to ever coach here."